Midterm 1 Flashcards
What are the 4 broad types of families
Family of orientation, family of procreation, family of choice, and family of fate.
According to the personal definition what is family based on
the people we feel connected to
Personal definitions of families are dictated but which 3 things
cultural norms, economic factors, and state policies.
What are the 2 limitations of personal definitions of the family
what about babies and children who can’t articulate a personal definition and if everyone defines a personal family differently it becomes difficult to translate into law and policies.
What does the legal definition of family entail
the state defines families, and their obligations, rights, and benefits.
What is a limitation/advantage to legal definitions of the family
It is constantly changing due to technological advances and diverse families.
What are the legal implications for a legal definition of the family
if you break up in a common law relationship you are able to sue for spousal support, there are implications for taxes (e.g. filing together), and implications for inheritances
How long does a couple have to be cohabiting for prior to being recognized as a common law couple
3 years
What is the “family as an institution” definition of family
Looks at the structure of the family. says that the family is a social institution that fulfils functions such as reproduction, socialization of children, and care of young and elderly
instead of focusing on the physical space where family members live, the family as an institution definition of family focuses on _______
interactions (functions would be an acceptable answer too)
What does an institution do
organizes social behaviour and has a common function in mind.
Two main reasons why it is important as to HOW we define family
Informs laws and policies and It shapes our lives.
How does how we define family inform laws and policies
determines rights, benefits, and obligations.
What kind of rights/benefits and obligations are influenced by how we define family (4)
who’s included in inheritance, immigration things like sponsorship and deportation and separation, who you can marry, and who has access to confidential files and decisions
What is a major way that how we define family shapes our lives
it decides on who we can marry
John Gillis coined the terms family we live with and families we live by. What are they respectively
We live with is based on consensus data about family structure (think household composition and divorce, marriage, and fertility rates).
We live by- the idealization of the family state as love
Is “family as structure” doing or being family
being
What does family as structure or being family define family as
something that is based on blood or legal relationships and co-residence.
What are the limitations to family as structure (being family)
Privileges residence- what about transnational families, children in more than one family?
and
Not based on actual behaviour- it is identification for admin purposes but not the fulfillment of needs.
“Family as household” says that a family is
related and unrelated people living where resources are shared.
Family as an interaction (doing family) means
family involves interaction, shared activities, inventing time and resources.
What are the 3 broad categories for how people conceptualize family
Exclusionists, Moderates, and inclusionists
People who conceptualize family from an exclusionist perspective state that
family is the structural definition, it is the nuclear family, great emphasis on marriage, gender roles, and children.
People who conceptualize family from a moderate perspective state that
family is mostly the structural definition- emphasis on children, includes common law and same sex couples.
People who conceptualize family from an inclusionist perspective state that
family is based on love rather than legal status.
When was the family economy seen in England and france
18th and 19th century.
The dissolution of marriage prior to the 18th and 19th century used to be due to _____ during the 18th and 19th century and onward, the dissolution of marriage was due to _____
death, divorce
A large part of a women life in the 18th and 19th century (E&F) was
being pregnant and breastfeeding
why was so much of a women’s life being pregnant and breast feeding prior to the 18th and 19th century (e&f)
because they were having 6 or more children and all had a lower life expectancy.
7 sources of data we can use to study families today
vital registration, census, general service survey, qualitative interviews, systematic observation, scientific studies, diaries.
4 sources of data we used in the past to study families
religious documents, diaries, newspapers, art
4 reasons it is important to take a historical perspectival
Don’t need to panic when we see change because we know it occurred in the past too, debunks the myth that family structure was the same across time, location and culture, helps us explain and understand current family structure, and helps us identify changes and stability in family structure and patterns
Historically families were not uniform- they differed by … (3)
economic mode of production, social class, and race and culture.
Percent of agricultural workers in 18th century england
75%
3 Important demographics to know about 18th century england
high mortality, high fertility, late age of marriage.
Gender relations in 18th century england were:
patriarchal
Who was responsible for raising the child in 18th century england
everyone in the household (servants, journey men, wet nurses, mothers, fathers, siblings)
We’re illegitimate children common or uncommon in 18th century England
Uncommon
9 ways the modern family structure in North America differs from 18th and 19th century England
No kin doesn’t usually live with kin now, there is now a distinction between work and play, marriage is a partnership now not an economic decision, difference in quality of child rearing, perception of children and their daily activities changed, greater status of women, use of education to socialize children, inter generational families, institutionalization of elderly as opposed to family care
What percent of 15-24 year olds rural workers in 18th and 19 century France and England were servants
60%
Average marriage age for women and men respectively in 18th and 19th century England and France
24-25 and 27
In what year in Ontario were women allowed to own property they had before marriage
1859
In what year could women have rights to the child over the father or in case of separation
1855
What kind of welfare state does Northern and Western Europe have
Social democratic
What kind of welfare state does Southern Europe have
Conservative
